Madison

Hi, my name is Madison Jones and I am about to be a senior at Mississippi State University. Trying to sum up everything that I have experienced since I’ve been in Haiti is almost impossible, so I will try to be breif and share a recent experience.

Saturday was our fun beach day. We had about a 2 hour bus ride to a resort on the beach – the ride was a bit scary considering there aren’t really any traffic laws, at least none that are strongly enforced – but the Lord helped us to arrive safely and we had a wonderful time. It was beautiful and the water felt perfect! It was a little cloudy, but it protected us from the normally scorching sun and it didn’t rain! We had an amazing lunch, got to go snorkeling (which was probably my favorite part of the day), and we got some souvineers.

I found out later, Ji Young made a friend while we were there. He was selling souvineers on the beach and he could speak English. He was the oldest sibling in his family, so he was working to support them. Ji Young shared the gospel with him and he accepted Christ! Also, on the way back, Maggie realized she left her camera, so since we were only about 5 or 10 minutes into the drive back, the smaller bus turned around to go back to get it and we stopped to wait for them on the side of the road. We stopped in a town, so there were several locals around. There were 2 high school aged boys who could speak English, so Ray and Tom got off the bus to talk to them. One of them was a Christian but the other was not, so Tom shared the gospel with him and he accepted Christ! How awesome to see God work in us even on our “off” day.

It made me realize that no day is free from sharing the gospel or sharing the love of Christ. Every day of our lives should be treated as though we are on a mission trip. We don’t have to actually be missionaries to do that. Please pray for the countless people that we have seen come to Christ since we’ve been here. Pray that they will grow in their relationship with the Lord and be able to share the love of Christ with others. God is doing amazing things in Haiti and I can’t wait to share more stories!